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A Study of Student Attitudes in Six Suburban High Schools
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Examining Elements of Change In Four Suburban High Schools In Virginia
… to examine the activities and behaviors of four suburban high school principals and how they influence change. Cross-case site analysis utilizing ethnographic method of investigation was conducted in four suburban high schools to examine how principals influence change. The culture of each school …
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The Allocation of Teachers Among Ability Grouped Classes in Seven Suburban High Schools
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Superintendent Leadership and Student Achievement in Suburban High Schools: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Analysis
… To what degree does parental education predict high school student achievement in suburban Chicagoland?</p><p>2) To what degree does racioethnicity predict high school student achievement in suburban Chicagoland?</p><p>3) When comparing districts with lower-achieving high school to districts …
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Cultural resilience--a currency of social capital: Counteracting student marginalization in two urban--suburban high schools
… of the lived experience of students in two urban-suburban high schools where, as an outcome of rapid demographic change, White students now represent the nontraditional racial minority and Black students represent the racial majority. Semistructured interviews, the primary method of data …
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Portraits of black educators in predominantly white suburban high schools: the cost of pursuing equity for students of color
… achievement; however, few studies examine Black high school educators in predominantly White suburban schools. In response to the dearth of research on Black educators in predominantly White schools, this dissertation uses the qualitative methodology of Portraiture to focus on the experiences and …
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A Study of Excessive Absenteeism in High School Students: Confronting the Dilemma of Why It Occurs and Strategies to Overcome the Problem
… design by intensively interviewing twenty-eight high school students whose records indicate poor attendance habits, this study focuses on the students' perspectives of explanations for absenteeism. The twenty-eight students were enrolled in two suburban high schools demographically similar. The …
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Effects of keystroking, planning, and error correction on proficiency at typing business letters of varying difficulty
… typewriting students who were enrolled in six suburban high schools in Virginia. The same straight-copy timed writings and business letters were used in both the beginning and the advanced typewriting classes. The two 3- minute timed writings consisted of paragraph materials that had a stroke …
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Student perceptions of parent-adolescent closeness and communication about sexuality : relations with sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
… in the ninth through twelfth grades from two suburban high schools in the midwest: Questionnaire measures of adolescents' perceptions were used. Canonical correlation analyses revealed two significant combinations of variables. First, age and maternal and paternal communication were …
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Understanding the experiences of Black boys in suburban schools: An examination of social influences on identity, achievement and school relationships
<p>The achievement of Black boys in public schools continues to be a major focus of concern for educators and researchers. Consequently, educators and researchers have looked to issues of engagement and identity as key variables relative to achievement. Numerous theories point to adverse …
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Interrogating Whiteness in Science Teacher Identities: A Critical Autoethnography
… white institutional norms of predominantly white suburban high schools and racial justice. Analysis of recollections from years of teaching in two high schools and data from interviews with critical friends led to five themes. First, white fragility was linked with bystanding in moments of …
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The effect of trade books on the environmental literacy of 11th and 12th graders in aquatic science.
… a quasi-experimental research technique. Four high school aquatic science classes at two suburban high schools were used in the research. One teacher at each high school taught one control class and one experimental class of aquatic science. In the experimental classes, four trade books were …
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An Examination of the Association Between the Graduation Coach Program and Georgia's Graduation Rate
… the incidents of students dropping out of high school. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the graduation coach program and Georgia's graduation rate of over a 7 year period of time, 2004-2010. The research sought to determine if differences existed between …
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Relationship of employment status and sex to self-reported job- seeking behavior of selected black secondary graduates
… typewriting students who were enrolled in six suburban high schools in Virginia. The same straight-copy timed writings and business letters were used in both the beginning and the advanced typewriting classes. The two 3- minute timed writings consisted of paragraph materials that had a stroke …
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Integrated Phenomenological Study of Teachers' Perceptions of a Professional Learning Community Utilizing Senge'S Five Disciplines of a Learning Organization
The purpose of this study was to examine a high school's attempt at reform through implementing a component of a professional learning community to determine if Senge's five disciplines of a learning organization were present. The school was in the second year of implementing common planning time, …
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Computer Technology Utilization by Metro Suburban High School Counselors
The purpose of this study was to investigate how high school counselors are using computer technology. The researcher's goal was to determine if high school counselors are using computer technology, how they are using computer technology, and how frequently they are using computer technology. After …
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Transitions to post-secondary engineering studies
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